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S. DRIVER.

, FEED TABLE FOR GARDING ENGINES. No. 468,106. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

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SAMUEL DRIVER, OF NORFOLK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ALBERTBEARDSELL, OF IVOONSOCKET, RI'IODE ISLAND.

FEED-TABLE FOR CARDlNG-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,106, dated February2, 1892.

Application filed October 8, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL DRIVER, of Norfolk, in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Feed-Tables for Carding-Engines; and I hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeci- 1o fication.

This invention has reference to an improvement in the feed-table forcarding-engines; and it consists in the peculiar and novel constructionof the transversely-reciprocating tar 5 ble, the feed-rolls andfeed-apron mountedon the table, and the mechanism for impartingreciprocating motion to the same, as will be more fully set forthhereinafter.

The invention is especially designed for use on carding-engines in whichthe fiber is laid obliquelyin condensed strands and thesediagonally-laid strands are fed in the form of a lap to thecarding-engine.

The object of this invention is to secure a 2 5 more even delivery ofthe fiber to the card-- ing-engine and a more thorough intermixing ofthe fiber.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing thecarrier-apron and the feed-rolls mounted on a transversely-sliding tableand mechanism for reciprocating the same. Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame.

Similar numbers of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

3 5 In the drawings, the numberoindicates the part of the frame of thecarding-engine in front of the licker-in or the carding-cylinder towhich the fiber is first presented. The frame is provided with the ways6. (Indicated in broken lines in Fig. 1.)

The number 7 indicates the frame or table in which the feed-rolls 8 andthe rollers for the delivery-apron 9 are journaled. The base of theframe 7 is provided with V- shaped bearings, which enter the ways 6. Thefeedrolls are driven by means of a belt, or they may be driven bygearing, the usual provis- Serial No. 367,384. (No model.)

ion being made to permit of their reciprocation by giving thedriving-pulley or the gear suflicient width of face. 5

10 indicates the combing-surface of the licker-in or thecarding-cylinder, to which the fiber is presented by the feed-rolls 8.The frame or table 7 is connected by the connecting-rod 11 with thecrank 14, secured to one end of the shaft 12, supported in bearingsformed in the bracket 13, secured to the frame 5 0f the carding-engine.On the end of the shaft 12 opposite to the end to which the crank 14 issecured the bevel-gear 15 is secured, which meshes with the bevel-gear16 on a shaft supported at right angles to the shaft 12 in suitablebearings.

Motion is imparted to the device by a belt or gearing connecting anypart of the carding-engine revolving at suitable speed with either thepulley 17 or the gear 18.

The operation of the devices by moving the feed-apron and the feed-rollsforward and backward on the face of the carding-cylinder 7o intermixesthe fibers of the condensed slivers presented diagonally side byside andsecures the thorough intermixing of the fibers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent In a wool-carding machine, the combination, with thelicker-in and the frame 5, provided with the ways 6, of the table orframe 7, resting on and sliding on the ways 6, the delivery-apron 9 andthe rolls 8, supportedin bearings secured to the table or frame 7, theshaft 12, supported in bearingsin the bracket 13, secured to the frame5, the crank let, the connecting-rod 11, secured to the crank and to theframe or table 7 and mechanism, substantially as described, for drivingthe shaft 12 and thereby imparting reciprocating motion to thediagonally-laid fiber as it is presented to the licker-in, as described.

SAMUEL DRIVER.

Vitnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J r., HENRY J MILLER.

